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verb (used with object),wiped, wip·ing.

1. to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to
clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth.

2. to rub or draw (something) over a surface, as in cleaning or drying.

3. to remove by rubbing with or on something (usually followed by away, off,
out, etc.): Wipe the dirt off your shoes. Wipe the dust from the pictures.

4. to remove as if by rubbing (usually followed by away, off, etc.): Wipe that
smile off your face!

5. to erase, as from existence or memory (often followed by from): to wipe a
thought from one's mind.

6. * to erase (magnetic tape, a recording, etc.)

* to delete the entire contents and settings of (a digital storage device,
mobile device, etc.):She remotely wiped her computer after it was stolen.

7. Plumbing.

* to apply (solder in a semifluid state) by spreading with leather or cloth
over the part to be soldered.

* to form (a joint) in this manner.

8. Machinery. (of a rotating shaft or the like) to melt the brasses of (a
bearing) through friction.

9. Australian Slang. to refuse to have anything to do with; reject; dismiss.

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verb (used without object)

10. (in a video game) to suffer a defeat in which all cooperative player
characters in a group are killed: After hours in that dungeon, our group
wiped and we had to start again from the beginning.

noun

11. an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.

12. a rub, as of one thing over another.

13. Also called wipe-off .Movies. a technique in film editing by which the
projected image of a scene appears to be pushed or wiped off the screen by
the image that follows.

14. a piece of absorbent material, as of paper or cloth, used for wiping.

15. a sweeping stroke or blow.

16. a gibe.

17. Machinery. wiper (def. 5).

18. (in a video game) a defeat in which all cooperative player characters in a
group are killed: a total party wipe.

19. Slang. a handkerchief.

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20. wipe out,

* to destroy completely; demolish: The entire city was wiped out.

* Informal. to murder; kill: They wiped him out to keep him from
testifying.

* Slang. to beat decisively, as in sports.

* Slang. (in sports) to be taken out of competition by a fall, accident,
collision, etc.

* Slang. to intoxicate or cause to become high, especially on narcotic
drugs.

21. wipe up, to clean completely by wiping: to wipe up the mess on the floor.

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ORIGIN OF WIPE

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English wipen, Old English wīpian; cognate
with Old High German wīfan “to wind round,” Gothic weipan “to crown”; perhaps
akin to Latin vibrāre “to move to and fro”

OTHER WORDS FOR WIPE

4 erase, eradicate, banish

See synonyms for wipe on Thesaurus.com

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, ©
Random House, Inc. 2023

WORDS RELATED TO WIPE

* clean
* dry
* dust
* erase
* mop
* obliterate
* remove
* rub
* wash
* clear
* sponge
* towel
* take away

HOW TO USE WIPE IN A SENTENCE

* A Colombian coffee plantation teaches a valuable lesson in the fight to keep
a dreaded disease from wiping out our favorite brew.

Will Coffee Rust Hurt Starbucks? | Nina Strochlic | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY
BEAST

* In addition to wiping out extra tests, UWF wants to see more accommodations
for female firefighters in firehouses.

Bill De Blasio’s Diversity Opportunity | Mary Emily O’Hara | January 12, 2014
| THE DAILY BEAST

* Wiping out one rebel group, however, is just a small step on the path toward
peace.

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DAILY BEAST

* A mega-draught could devastate India, wiping out the farms that country needs
to feed its rapidly growing population.

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December 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

* When Barclays announced the fines last Thursday, its shares dropped 17
percent, wiping out almost $5.8 billion in value.

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| THE DAILY BEAST

* The Hoopers resolved to begin the new year by wiping out their enemies, root
and branch.

Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War | Various

* The job of wiping out these troublesome whites had been sublet, and they
wasted no further anxiety over the affair.

Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White

* It should be carefully remembered, however, that the task of wiping out Ku
Kluxism will not be an easy matter.

The Modern Ku Klux Klan | Henry Peck Fry

* We hear occasionally of the impossibility of wiping out the traces of
flagrant crimes.

The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant

* Every man of them pledged his life to wiping out the insult to their leader
and god, and to their shrine.

Warrior Race | Robert Sheckley

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BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR WIPE

wipe

/ (waɪp) /

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verb(tr)

1. to rub (a surface or object) lightly, esp with (a cloth, hand, etc), as in
removing dust, water, grime, etc

2. (usually foll by off, away, from, up, etc) to remove by or as if by rubbing
lightly: he wiped the dirt from his hands

3. to eradicate or cancel (a thought, memory, etc)

4. to erase a recording from (an audio or video tape)

5. Australian informal to abandon or reject (a person)

6. to apply (oil, grease, etc) by wiping

7. to form (a joint between two lead pipes) with solder or soft lead

8. wipe the floor with someone informal to defeat someone decisively

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noun

9. the act or an instance of wiping

10. (in film editing) an effect causing the transition from one scene to the
next in which the image of the first scene appears to be wiped off the
screen by that of the second

11. dialect a sweeping blow or stroke

12. British dialect a gibe or jeer

13. obsolete a slang name for handkerchief

ORIGIN OF WIPE

1
Old English wīpian, related to Middle Low German wīpen, wīp bundle (of cloth),
Old High German wīffa, wīfan to wind, Gothic weipan to wreathe

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition ©
William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998,
2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

OTHER IDIOMS AND PHRASES WITH WIPE

wipe

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In addition to the idioms beginning with wipe

* wipe off the map
* wipe out
* wipe the slate clean

also see:

* mop up (wipe) the floor with
* settle (wipe out) an old score

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